Can you sharpen serrations?

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i was always wondering this. can you sharpen serrations or are they finished once they are dull? do i bring it to a professional to do it?
Thanks in advance
 
Well if you are talking about Spyderco serrations I use these Spyderco sharpeners to put a factory new edge on them. They are the best way to do it but unfortunately they don't make them any more. For other design serrations there are other tools out there to handle them.

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An easy way to sharpen many serrations is to look at the opposite side of the blade and see if the serrations are only cut into one side. If so, just steel the flat side, which will pop the serrations back up. It's not exactly shaperning but it works about as well. It is really effective on Cold Steel's tiny serrations, as I found when I developed the technique for my Vaquero Grande.
 
Esav Benyamin said:
Moved from General Knife Discussion to Maintenance.

An easy way to sharpen many serrations is to look at the opposite side of the blade and see if the serrations are only cut into one side. If so, just steel the flat side, which will pop the serrations back up. It's not exactly shaperning but it works about as well. It is really effective on Cold Steel's tiny serrations, as I found when I developed the technique for my Vaquero Grande.
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Yes , I've used that technique before, works good. :thumbup:
I wonder how the Veff(sp?) serrations would be to sharpen, they
seem like the easiest based on their courseness...
 
if they are v shaped, i would have to have the knife in hand but i'm sure i could sharpen them.
 
Once the "teeth" of the serrations are rounded off, you should bring it to a professional sharpener to bring back the edge and get the teeth pointy again. If you take care of your edge, you shouldn't have to take it to a professional sharpener(unless the teeth are rounded).
 
Veff serrations almost look like a series of gut hooks they're so big! :D An interesting way to polish up a gut hook that might work on the Veffs is to take a leather boot lace and pull that through a few times.
 
If the teeth have been rounded, it may also be by sharpening them, so the now-rounded tops are as sharp as the points were, and less likely to snag. Some serrations are actually made like that. I think Carson knives have these "reverse" serrations, -- there's a name for the pattern that I can't think of right now.
 
Is there any way to bring rounded points back short of taking a diamond rod and getting amazingly tedious?

I mean, I love my Sharpmaker, but I would love a paper wheel on a bench grinder even more. Is there any way short of hard time with a diamond rod to bring the points back to sharp?
 
This is what I use to sharpen my Sebenza and others with this type of serration.

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vjb, that is what I use also. I also have a Lansky stone, that I cut the plastic away from (it was from a guided rod kit) and I'll sometimes hand hone with that too.

I do know of lots who are happy to pay to have a blade sharpened, especially serrations. I don't blame them, not everyone can put a good edge on, and few are good enough to do it for $.

BTW, for what it might be worth, if you decide you would rather have some one do this for you, richard j is very good at what he does. You will not be dissapointed.
 
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